UK Farmers Urged To Vaccinate Against Bluetongue Threat

The UK remains at risk from the threat of bluetongue and farmers should vaccinate their animals at the earliest opportunity, the NFU said today. Defra has launched the 2009 vaccination plan for animals susceptible to bluetongue serotype BTV8 and will continue to promote a voluntary vaccination programme. Although Defra will not be underwriting further vaccine supplies for 2009 it will be making available the remaining 12 million doses of existing stock.

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